The top-grossing film on its opening weekend,[2]Toy Story went on to earn over $191 juta di Amerika Syarikat dan Canada during its initial theatrical release dan menjana lebih daripada $361 juta seluruh dunia.[3] Reviews were overwhelmingly positive, praising both the technical innovation of the animation dan the wit dan sophistication of the screenplay.[4][5] Although the film was a huge box office success, the film is currently Pixar's lowest grossing film while this film's second sequel Toy Story 3 is their highest grossing film earning over $1 billion worldwide.

In addition to DVD releases, Toy Story-inspired material has run the gamut from toys, video games, theme park attractions, spin-offs, dan merchandise. View-Master released a 3 reel set in 3D in 1995 prior to release of 3D films. The film was so successful it prompted a sequel released in 1999, Toy Story 2. Eleven years later, on Jun 18, 2010, an additional film, Toy Story 3, was also released. Both sequels were instant hits dan garnered critical acclaim similar to the first. Leading up to the third film's premiere, sebagai sebahagian daripada promosi, Toy Story dan Toy Story 2 juga telah dikeluarkan semula sebagai a double feature di dalam Disney Digital 3-D pada 2 Oktober 2009.[6]

Filem ini telah dipilih ke dalam National Film Registry sebagai "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" dalam tahun 2005, its first year of eligibility.

Andy bersedia mengikuti keluarganya keluar ke restoran Pizza Planet bertema angkasa bersama Buzz. Woody attempts to have Buzz misplaced, but ends up knocking him out the window, causing the other toys to think that Woody tried to get rid of him. Dengan kehilangan Buzz, Andy sebaliknya membawa Woody bersamanya ke Pizza Planet. Buzz, however, climbs aboard the car dan confronts Woody apabila mereka berhenti di sebuah stesen minyak. The two toys fight dan accidentally land outside the car, which drives off dan leaves them stranded. Woody spots a truck bound for Pizza Planet dan plans to rendezvous with Andy there, dengan memujuk Buzz to come with him by telling him it will take him to his home planet. Once at Pizza Planet, Buzz makes his way into a claw game machine shaped like a spaceship, thinking it to be the ship Woody promised him. While Woody clambers in to try dan rescue him, mereka ditangkap oleh jiran Andy, si pemusnah permainan Sid Phillips.

At Sid's house, the two desperately attempt to escape before Andy's family's moving day, encountering nightmarish mutant toys dan juga anjing garang Sid, Spud. Buzz melihat sebuah iklan untuk Buzz Lightyear action figures seperti dirinya lalu sedar bahawa dia sebuah permainan. Maka terlalu muramlah dia sehingga tidak dapat menyertai rancangan Woody's escape plan. Sid bersedia memusnahkan Buzz by strapping him to a rocket, but is delayed by a thunderstorm. Woody convinces Buzz that life is worth living even if he is not a space ranger because kerana kegembiraan yang boleh dibawa ke kanak-kanak. Buzz regains his spirit, but Sid takes him to his backyard. Cooperating with Sid's mutant toys, Woody stages a rescue of Buzz dan scares Sid off by coming to life. However, the two miss Andy's car sebagai it drives away to his new house.

Running out on the road, they manage to climb onto the moving truck but Scud chases them dan Buzz tackles the dog to save Woody. Woody attempts to rescue Buzz with Andy's RC but the other toys, who still distrust him, toss him off onto the road. However, spotting Woody driving RC back with Buzz alive dan well, they realize their mistake dan cuba menolong mereka menaiki trak. When RC's batteries become depleted, Woody ignites the rocket on Buzz's back dan manages to throw RC into the moving truck just sebagai the duo go soaring into the air. Buzz then opens his wings to cut himself free of the rocket moments before it explodes, dan he dan Woody drop safely through the car's open roof into a box on the rear seat. Andy looks in the box dan is elated to find Buzz dan Woody, who he assumes must have been there the whole time he thought they were lost.